Meanings
prepositional phrase
- idiomaticExactly; precisely, especially of a time of day.
He arrived at 10 o'clock, on the dot.
1 more example
A hundred damage?! On the dot...
2024 February 26, Smii7Yplus, 19:55 from the start, in Worms Moments that End in Disaster, spoken by SMii7YSynonyms: exactly, on the button, on the nose, sharp
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseExactly; precisely, especially of a time of day.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbjust as it should be
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic تَماماً
- تَماماً (tamāman)exactly
Catalan en punt
- en puntexactly
French pile, tapantes
- pileexactly
- tapantesexactly
- précisesexactly
Italian in punto
- in puntoexactly
Polish punkt
- punktexactly
Russian ровно, точно
- ровно (rovno)exactly
- точно (točno)exactly
Spanish exactamente, en punto
- exactamenteexactly
- en puntoexactly
Swedish prick, på pricken
- prickexactly
- på prickenexactly
Cite this entry
APA
on the dot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20dot
MLA
“on the dot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20dot. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the dot,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20dot.
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